'Decency' act becomes law, faces lawsuit

Article Abstract:

President Clinton signed into law in early Feb 1996 the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a sweeping deregulatory measure that included the controversial Communications Decency Act and other elements. Parts of the Act place content-based restrictions on broadcasters and electronic communications services, and require the television industry to develop a ratings system to complement the newly required V-chip. A consolidated lawsuit challenging the decency act went before a three-judge panel in late March 1996.

Online services, Internet services, Telecommunications, Telecommunication, Obscenity (Law), Obscenity

---

White House sponsors online ratings summit

Article Abstract:

Vice President Al Gore and electronic industry officials met in DC in December 1998 to discuss ways the industry could prevent pornography and other inappropriate material from being accessed on the Internet by children. Debates included such topics as filter programs that restrict access to World Wide Web sites and rating systems for sites. Critics of access restriction charge that some sites that are deemed offensive, such as informational sites regarding AIDS, may perform a public service.

United States, Internet, Pornography

---

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Backbone on the Internet? Legislative update: lawmakers grapple with Internet and privacy issues; Congressional paradox: how to free up and control on-line information
• Abstracts: The study of science fiction: a modest proposal. Farewell to the master: standing in for Tom Clareson, spring 1993
• Abstracts: The transitional media system of post-communist Bulgaria. Journalists, framing, and discourse about race relations
• Abstracts: Anti-SLAPP statute applies to all speech at official proceedings
• Abstracts: Masks of the Empress: polyphony of personae in Catherine the Great's 'Oh, These Times!' (Empress of Russia's first play)(Drama and Opera of the Enlightenment)

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.